The winDSK8 program

The winDSK8 program is a
freely available, highly useful, and
versatile program with which the user can execute a wide
variety
of real-time signal processing algorithms. Beginning with version
2, the program can be used with three different boards: the C6713
DSK, the OMAP-L138
Zoom Experimenter Kit board, and the OMAP-L138 LCDK. The winDSK8
program can be used to validate the board operation and
connections, perfrom a wide variety of demos, and generally become familiar with some of the impressive
capabilities of the DSP core.
Version 1 of the program, which only works with the Zoom Experimenter Kit board, is included on the
CD-ROM that ships with the 2nd edition text, but you can also find it here.

The installation file for winDSK8 version 2 can be found here. To use version 2 of winDSK8 with either of the OMAP-L138
boards (the Zoom Experimenter Kit or the LCDK), you also need to reflash
your board with the file mentioned below. This is a harmless
procedure, will not damage your board, and can be reversed if necessary.

You must reflash your OMAP-L138 board to use winDSK8.
To
be able to use the
OMAP-L138
Zoom Experimenters Kit or the OMAP-L138 LCDK
with winDSK8, the board must be initially
prepared using a simple memory reflash procedure to install the winDSK8
kernel, as
described in the text. This is typically a one-time procedure (although
major upgrades to winDSK8 may require another reflash), and does not
affect the operation of your board for any other DSP
programs. Download and read the appropriate instruction file
forreflashing the memory on the OMAP-L138 board; this is newer than the
instruction file on the book's CD-ROM.

To
check if the reflashing step has
been properly completed, be sure to perform the very last step in
these instructions. Do not
neglect this check because winDSK8 will not run on either
OMAP-L138 board unless the winDSK8
kernel is in place. Note that winDSK8 communicates with the
OMAP-L138 boards using a different connection than when using CCS,
since winDSK8 also uses the ARM926 core in addition to the C6748 core.
The "Getting Started" documents, found on the 2nd Edition page, explain this more fully and provide annotated figures of the boards.

If you are still having trouble knowing which connectors to use for the Zoom Experimenter Kit, you may want to refer to this document;

Important note regarding the Zoom Experimenter Kit: Because
of the method with which winDSK8 uses both the ARM and DSP cores of the
OMAP-L138, winDSK8 communicates with the OMAP-L138
Zoom Experimenter Kit using the DB-9 serial port connector
(connector A, circled in red in the document
mentioned immediately above). A null modem adapter (or null modem cable)
must be used with the serial port (circled in green in the document
mentioned above). This is different from how the Code Composer
Studio (CCS) software tools communicate with the board when you are
programming some DSP algorithm in C; CCS uses the "mini-B" USB port
(connector V in the document
mentioned above).
Therefore, for using winDSK8, your PC platform must either have a
serial port available, or you can use a USB-to-serial adapter and use
an available USB port on your PC. Be warned that there is
wide
variability in the performance of USB-to-serial adapters on the market,
which generally translates into differences in the highest baud rate
you can set for the port and still communicate properly.

For
the LCDK, no null modem is needed. To use winDSK8 with the LCDK,
you connect to the USB connector at J3, as indicated in the
instructions for reflashing and the Getting Started document.